For our 10 year anniversary, Steve and I flew to San Francisco for a 4 day/3 night getaway. It was perfect! We had the best time. We flew into Oakland and took BART across the bay into San Fran. We stayed at the Sheraton on the wharf. The room was really nice and the hotel was great. Had to take a pic of the Raiders Stadium. My #3 team! Go Raiders!
Do you recognize this old man? Steve thinks he's a actor, but I'm not convinced. I am convinced, however, that he and his grandson thought we were pretty creepy.
We spent most of our time walking around the city in the rain. It was great. We walked for 3 days straight. We discovered parts of the city that were beautiful and hidden. We also relied on public transit a little to get from the wharf to downtown. Our first afternoon and evening we walked around the wharf and Ghirardelli Square.
The next day we took the F-line train into downtown early in the morning. We got there a little early so we went into Borders and got "hot drinks" to warm us up. Then we walked around the shopping district. I was pretty excited about the stores. Why can't we have a Saks or a Neiman in Utah County? Sigh...
The Macy's takes up a whole city block! And that's not including the Men's store that's across the street! It was beautiful!
This is Blondie's pizza. Now, if you've ever had a piece of pizza and said, "This is the best piece of pizza I've ever had," you were wrong. Unless you were at Blondie's in San Francisco. Seriously... I'd have taken a picture of the enormous piece of pizza that I got, but there was no time. My body literally devoured it... Now that's a happy girl.
Steve was most impressed with the Game Stop. Did he buy a game? you might ask. No, sure enough, he didn't. Why? you might ask. Because on our last day there, we rented a car to go into Pacifica to have lunch at Famous Nicks, and our car broke down on the freeway and we were stuck there for 3 hours! Thus, we were not able to go back into town like we had planned. Lovely, I know. 
This is the end of Pier 39 looking out over the bay to Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge.
On Saturday we took a tour to Muir Woods a Saucilito. This is just after we crossed the Golden Gate Bridge looking back over the city and the bridge.
Muir Woods is gorgeous. If you ever have the opportunity to go, I highly recommend you take it. Steve was pretty excited to learn that Return of the Jedi was filmed here. Boo-yeah!
Sausilito is a cute little artists' fishing village. Very quaint , very charming and picture perfect. We got fish and chips at a little cafe on the main street. Yum! Then we walked around the docks a bit and looked at the boats. A big thing there is to live on house boats that are permanently docked. It was cool to see how people lived in those. I could do that, I think. Hmm.... 
House boat.
When we got back to San Francisco there was an anti-abortion demonstration going on at the wharf. Some signs said "Men regret lost fatherhood."
We lived in Sacramento for a couple of years when I was very young. We used to come to San Francisco often on the weekends. There was a street performer that would always sing to me. And he is still there. He does pretty well doing what he does. He's traveled all over the world and has a poster with photos of him taken with dignitaries and celebrities. It was cool to see him there again!
We found this cute little hidden park on one of our walks. It was tiny and sat right in the middle of a city block.
Lombard Street. The crookedest street in the world.
We also found the San Francisco Art Institute while walking around the city. It was a beautiful building. But we didn't get too many pics. This is from the courtyard inside the campus.
After we were rescued from the side of the freeway and given a new rental car, we raced to Pacifica and got the most amazing crab sandwiches in the world from Famous Nicks. We ordered them on our way there, jumped out of the car to run in and get them and came out to take a few pics of Rockaway Beach and the surfers. Then we jumped back into the car and raced to the airport, just in time to catch our plane. Other than the little rental car incident, the trip was perfect. I had the best time with Steve. It was great to have some time together, just the two of us. Better than great actually. Sure do love him! 
San Diego, November 11, 2009Our ship left port from San Diego, CA in blue skies and cool temps. Jacket weather. We were all so excited, especially Owen and Wesley.
In Our Cabin
I shared a cabin with Wesley and Owen. Unfortunately, Steve couldn't get the time off work, so we had to leave him home. We really missed Daddy! Next time, I hope he'll come. We had so much fun in our cabin. Every night when we were ready to turn in, we came back to the cabin, showered, got in our jammies and watched Looney Tunes until we fell asleep. It's funny how the very trivial things can mean the most.
Formal Night
Formal nights were great. I dressed the boys up in 3-piece suits so we could all look our best. They were so handsome. Everywhere we went on the ship, people stopped us to tell us how nice they looked and how well behaved they were. And they were! I was so proud to be the mom of these amazing little gentlemen. They were so good. Everywhere we went, they were right with me, and they minded so well.
Days at Sea
Our days at sea were nice and relaxing for the most part. The boys did a little swimming. I did a little sun-avoidance. (80% of our skins' premature aging process is due to sun exposure. Come see me at Clinique and I'll show you how to repair it! Bonus Time starts March 22 and presell starts now!) There was a giant chess board and the boys had a great time with that. We also played a little mini golf on the upper deck, but it was so windy! I thought I might lose Weser over the side!
Acapulco
Acapulco was very big! We did a little shopping, a little sight-seeing and a little swimming at the beach. We saw the cliff divers. That was amazing! They jump off this incredibly tall ledge into an impossibly small trench in the ocean. It's crazy! It was the Mexican equivalent of Labor Day that weekend, so it was very crowded with people from Mexico City. The city is not what i thought it would be like, but I'm not sure what I thought it should be.
Zihuatenejo
This was my favorite port. I loved the land, the beach and the people. We took a van with a tour guide and he took us all over the city and the country side. We saw the coconut plantations and a crocodile reserve. And we ended our day at the beach. My dad bought me lunch at a little cantina on the beach. The water was warm and calm. Loved it! The first picture is the house we're making an offer on.
ManzanilloWe got a van in Manzanillo, too, with a driver that knew absolutely EVERYTHING there was to know about the whole area. He took us on a 6 hour tour through Manzanillo, Colima and the small towns around. He was great! He drove us out to Cuyutlan.
It's a little town that is right on the coast. It was hit by a tsunami called "The Green Wave" or "La Ola Verde". It's a small quiet village with beautiful beaches. They have salt factories where they pack salt into bags. That was cool to see. I want to go back and stay there for a week or two. 
The Tortugario is a sea turtle sanctuary just outside of Cuyutlan. They farm sea turtles from the time they are eggs until they are a couple of days old and then they release them out into the ocean. Sea turtles are endangered, so this is one way to help grow the population since only 1 in 100 makes it to the sea after it is hatched without protection. Our guide took us to see the mature turtles in the pools. Then he took us out to the beach to release our own turtles into the ocean. This was such an amazing experience. I can't think of anything that I've ever done like this. The boys got to name and release their own, so now there are two turtles out in the ocean somewhere named Wesley and Owen. 
After the turtle sanctuary, we went to Colima. This city was very pretty and very clean. We walked around the square for a while. There was a gorgeous Cathedral there. 
After we left Colima, we went to a set of ruins that was just discovered 8 years ago while the city was excavating to build a housing development. They are still finding more buildings and ruins from this people that they know nothing about. Pretty cool.
Do you recognize this old man? Steve thinks he's a actor, but I'm not convinced. I am convinced, however, that he and his grandson thought we were pretty creepy.
We spent most of our time walking around the city in the rain. It was great. We walked for 3 days straight. We discovered parts of the city that were beautiful and hidden. We also relied on public transit a little to get from the wharf to downtown. Our first afternoon and evening we walked around the wharf and Ghirardelli Square.
The next day we took the F-line train into downtown early in the morning. We got there a little early so we went into Borders and got "hot drinks" to warm us up. Then we walked around the shopping district. I was pretty excited about the stores. Why can't we have a Saks or a Neiman in Utah County? Sigh...
The Macy's takes up a whole city block! And that's not including the Men's store that's across the street! It was beautiful!
This is Blondie's pizza. Now, if you've ever had a piece of pizza and said, "This is the best piece of pizza I've ever had," you were wrong. Unless you were at Blondie's in San Francisco. Seriously... I'd have taken a picture of the enormous piece of pizza that I got, but there was no time. My body literally devoured it... Now that's a happy girl.
Steve was most impressed with the Game Stop. Did he buy a game? you might ask. No, sure enough, he didn't. Why? you might ask. Because on our last day there, we rented a car to go into Pacifica to have lunch at Famous Nicks, and our car broke down on the freeway and we were stuck there for 3 hours! Thus, we were not able to go back into town like we had planned. Lovely, I know. 
This is the end of Pier 39 looking out over the bay to Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge.
On Saturday we took a tour to Muir Woods a Saucilito. This is just after we crossed the Golden Gate Bridge looking back over the city and the bridge.
Muir Woods is gorgeous. If you ever have the opportunity to go, I highly recommend you take it. Steve was pretty excited to learn that Return of the Jedi was filmed here. Boo-yeah!
Sausilito is a cute little artists' fishing village. Very quaint , very charming and picture perfect. We got fish and chips at a little cafe on the main street. Yum! Then we walked around the docks a bit and looked at the boats. A big thing there is to live on house boats that are permanently docked. It was cool to see how people lived in those. I could do that, I think. Hmm.... 
House boat.
When we got back to San Francisco there was an anti-abortion demonstration going on at the wharf. Some signs said "Men regret lost fatherhood."
We lived in Sacramento for a couple of years when I was very young. We used to come to San Francisco often on the weekends. There was a street performer that would always sing to me. And he is still there. He does pretty well doing what he does. He's traveled all over the world and has a poster with photos of him taken with dignitaries and celebrities. It was cool to see him there again!
We found this cute little hidden park on one of our walks. It was tiny and sat right in the middle of a city block.
Lombard Street. The crookedest street in the world.
We also found the San Francisco Art Institute while walking around the city. It was a beautiful building. But we didn't get too many pics. This is from the courtyard inside the campus.
After we were rescued from the side of the freeway and given a new rental car, we raced to Pacifica and got the most amazing crab sandwiches in the world from Famous Nicks. We ordered them on our way there, jumped out of the car to run in and get them and came out to take a few pics of Rockaway Beach and the surfers. Then we jumped back into the car and raced to the airport, just in time to catch our plane. Other than the little rental car incident, the trip was perfect. I had the best time with Steve. It was great to have some time together, just the two of us. Better than great actually. Sure do love him! 
